Last night and this morning was an amazing time for Cody Fry fans as the highly anticipated album "The End" finally released. It was September 14th, 2023 at 9 pm PST for me when my ears were blessed with the wondrous music, and I was just enjoying myself. Traveling Alone, Somebody To You, You're Gonna Be Okay, and even Fine were great songs to go with the other singles that came out before. But there was one song that I kept coming back to, and that was the title song "The End". I couldn't fathom how Cody was able to make a song like this, it's just other-worldly and makes your brain imagine stories to the song. That's what I want to share because we all have an image in our minds when we listen to a song, and maybe I can bring light to an underrated artist as I explain my image starring me.
The first verse talks about how the singer has run out of pages to write and the sun is setting on the day. He has to face the facts: this is the end and the movie now fades to black. I imagined myself walking down the aisle at graduation back in June, thinking all this to myself. I'm going to leave the school I called home all these years, and it hurts. As I bow to the tabernacle, it goes black as I accept my fate as another graduate. But then the chorus kicks in and the drop is when my eyes open and I fall into the ground and find a galaxy-looking place. The benches from the church surround me and I see my diploma. I swim towards it, but as I touch it, I'm taken back to a memory from 8th grade.
The second refrain talks about having coffee on a first date and what happened afterward. I don't know what memory I'd put, but something. The chorus returns and then I'm surrounded by photos of all the memories I had with my class. As I grab one and let go to get another, it floats. I touch one on the ground and all of them move. I see them form into a figure. I recognize it: the figure is all my inner demons built over time. It took on the form of the one thing I was always scared of: the characters from the song I Don't Like Candy Corn played on Nick Jr. when I was 2. As the guitar kicks in, I stare in fear, but then I hear a rattling noise. I look down to find my necklace glowing. Then, it explodes. I can feel my outfit changing from my normal outfit to a pink, orange, teal, and red power suit. My hair went from dark brown to a bright pale pink. As my eyes open to reveal an orange iris, I'm alive with powers I could only dream of. I battle the figure to the powerful music, and I use everything in my strength to defeat this thing. These demons were preventing me from being the person all those kids and faculty saw, and I will never let them come back to haunt me again! The chorus comes for the last time, and I think of all the people in the school who mattered to me and the happy memories. I scream "Teleport!", and a flash of white brings me back to reality as I just flipped the tassel. I run out of the church frantically(which no one sees) and see what's left of the demons struggling to get up and fight. I know they are what's standing between my past and my future, and as my eyes turn orange again, it's "The End". You can guess I destroyed it and I'm free and all that wonderful stuff, but then again, things do have a habit to come back and haunt you later.
I found this song to be a powerful song and it's message is that once it's the end, it isn't really. Sometimes, there isn't a happy ending or some things linger after the credits, but something can happen, and the story continues. I think more people need to find music like this that has an uplifting message and leaves you with a positive attitude. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to play this on full blast in my earbuds for the remainder of my life.